Tie plate



Jan. 22, 1924.

. Y 1,481,766 L. M. WENTLING l r TIE PLATE vFiled Jan.4 25, 1925 JJ R laftormn Patented dan. 22, 1924.

UNl'iE STATES PATENT GFFICE.

LESTER IVI. WENTLING, OF FOXBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-RALF TO CHARLES L. GOUGHLER AND EDWARD RUMBAUGH, OF FOXBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

LLOYD STEWART, 0F PARKERS LANDING, PENNSYLVANIA, AND CHARLES PFAFF, OF EMLENTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE PLATE.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial N10. 614,813.

To all who/m t may cof/wem.'

Be it known that l, a' citizen of the United residing at Foxburc, Clarion and State of Plates, of which the tion.

The object of a railroad tie plate which will following is a s the invention is to serve LESTER M. WENimiNG, States of America, in the county of xrFennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie peciflcaprovide as a rail chair or support for receiving the rail base and securing` the same to the tie to displacement V'n a prevent direction permitting spreading of the rails while avoiding the risk of splitting the ties,

and which at the same time may be secured to the tie with the minimum number of fastening means;

and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred emb odiment is shown in the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie plate embodying the invention. Figure 2 is a plan view of ing a section of rail in place The tie plate 10` is the same on the plate. provided with a rail showseat 11 which is Abounded at opposite sides vby upstanding shoulders 12 formed bythe inner edges 13 referably having downwardly and outwardly upper surfaces. In the inner edges bosses are formed spike holes 14, with those of thickened portions or bosses integral with the plate and beveled of these relation those in the other boss to two spikes may penetrate ed cna and therefore to split the tie by be minimized.

A supplemental spike hole 15 is also preferably formed in the thickened or boss carrying portion of the plate at that end of the latter which projects outward from the line of the track rail or in other words is outside of the line of the track,

for the reception of a spike to prevent the outward movement of the plate and therefore the'spreading of `This supplemental spike hole is arranged opposite the interva berails. erably the reftween the main spike holes of the same boss or enlargement and on a different lo ngitudirail bases of various dimensions.

rail base to the end that the heads of the spikes may bear directly upon the edges of the rail base. Also the shoulders or fixed abutments 12 constitute means precluding the lateral movement of the rails in either direction when the same expand or contract or when they are subjected to strains tending to move them laterally at the ends such as are due to passing trains. Obviously the tie plates can be made in various sizes with seats and fixed abutinents arranged to suit The under face of the tie plate is smooth and unobstructed, obviously permitting the plate to engage with the upper face of the tie throughout its full area, hence preventing the collection of foreign matter and frost thereunder. rlihe spike receiving openings are immediately adjacent where the enlargements merge into the shoulders and since the openings break into the seat7 the heads of the spikes may be directed inwardly and toward the opposite sides of the track rail base, thereby constituting means to protect and prevent outward dellection of the heads from the opposite remote Vedges of the track rail base. Furthermore, the spike receiving openings are transversely staggered, thereby minimizing the tendency of the spikes to split the tie and thereby preventing the tie plate from twisting in case the spikes loosen. The supplemental spike receiving opening formed through one of the enlargements is disposed offset relatively to certain of the first openings to receive additional securing means, thereby preventing twisting of the tie plate in case the other fastening means loosen and become detached. Y

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is As an article of manufacture, a tie plate provided'with a track rail basereceiving seat and' opposite terminal' enlargements, and opposed shoulders caused to be formed by the enlargements and constitutingl the thickest portion of the tie plate and also laterally bounding the seat, the under face of the tie plate being smooth and unobstructed, Said tie plate having spike receiving openings immediately adjacent where the enlargements merge. into the shoulders, said spike receiving openings breaking into the seat, whereby the heads of the spikes may be directed inwardly and toward theopposite sides of the track rail base, the walls of the openings acting to prevent the spikes from Working laterally away from the track rail base7 said spike receiving openings being` ktransversely staggered, thereby minimizing the tendency of the spikes to split the tie and thereby preventing the tie plate troni twisting in case the spikes loosen, said tie plate being supplemented Withan additional spikefopening foi-ined through one of the enlargements intermediate of and disv` posed offset relatively to certain or the lirst openingsv to receive additional securing means and thereby prevent twisting of the tie plate in case the other fastening means loosen and become detached.

lntestirnony whereof I affix my signature.

LESTER M. WENTLING. 

